I don’t mention it too often on the blog, but aside from my full time PR career, running a blog and starting a small boutique business, I also am a trained make-up artist. I hardly have any time to fit it in, but I like to do the occasional bridal make-up or bridal guest/occasion make-up when I can. So as we all know, it’s almost officially Spring, which means wedding season is upon us! Therefore…

First and foremost- Happy New Year! A huge thank you to all my loyal readers and supporters who are seeing me into my fifth year of blogging. Yes that is right – whatemmadid.com celebrates 5 years this January, so as well as saying Happy New Year I guess I should be saying Happy Birthday too! Perhaps I’ll dedicate my next post to the blog’s birthday… Anyhow, my first post of 2015 is no other than…

Three things – Monochrome clothes at Missguided, felt-tip pen inspired eyeliner from Essence, and my new Can SX700 HS camera. I am not too sure which one I am loving the most today. The T-Shirt I am sporting is to hail the legends that are Naomi, Kate, Cara and Jourdan – the finest models in my opinion! Teamed with black embroidered ‘skorts’ and black tights, I feel like I’m really showing my love for monochrome…

Today’s beauty post is an exciting one for me, as I get to test out popular brand bareMinerals after being intrigued for so long! bareMinerals launched many years ago, and I have regularly seen the brand in department stores and on QVC over time, but have never treated myself to try the brand despite all the amazing things I have heard about them- including all the benefits of switching to mineral based make-up. The make-up…

Some of you may or may not know, but as well as blogging and working in the fashion industry, I am also a trained make-up artist. I carried out training a couple of years ago when my twin sister was getting married so that I could do her make-up for her big day. I love make-up; I wear it everyday (maybe because I look frightful without it, but that aside, I still love wearing it)…

We’ve worn the clothes, we’ve strutted the shoes, weve accessorised ourselves up… yep we all love a bit of Topshopping! So it only seems normal that our favorite High St fashion brand Topshop has announced its progression into the cosmetics industry, launching its make up range in stores and online from May 5th. ‘At last!’ I hear you cry, it’s the start of affordable, stylish and no doubt adorable make up making a bee line for our make up…